A podcast is a series of electronic media files, such as audio or video, that are distributed periodically over the Internet by means of a Web feed. Podcasts are distinguished from other methods of distributing media because users can choose to subscribe to them, using software capable of reading feed syndication formats such as RSS or Atom, and thus can receive new media files as they made available. A podcast's content can often also be accessed by direct download or streaming.
What does that mean to us:
You can create a podcast and make it available on the web for others to listen to. If it becomes a habit for you, you can choose to "syndicate" your podcasts and give the website you put them on a "feed," or subscription, so that every time you put a new podcast up, the people that listen to them have the opportunity to be notified.
Have you ever logged into Google on a day like Valentine's Day and the Google symbol is artistically rendered? Perhaps it looked something like one of these:
These are generated through various media firms and design companies--USUALLY. Google has just opened up a competition, aptly named Doodle4Google, aimed at middle and high school students to design their own Google Logo. The details can be found here, but the short of it is that winners receive a $10,000 scholarship and the school received a $25,000 technology grant. If you are interested or know of students who would get into it, please pass it along.
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Have you ever logged into Google on a day like Valentine's Day and the Google symbol is artistically rendered? Perhaps it looked something like one of these:
These are generated through various media firms and design companies--USUALLY. Google has just opened up a competition, aptly named Doodle4Google, aimed at middle and high school students to design their own Google Logo. The details can be found here, but the short of it is that winners receive a $10,000 scholarship and the school received a $25,000 technology grant. If you are interested or know of students who would get into it, please pass it along.